Richard Sainct

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| caption = KTM 660 Rally ridden by Richard Sainct to victory of the 2003 Dakar Rally

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| sport = Motorsport

| event = Rally raid

| birth_date = {{birth date|1970|4|14|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Saint-Affrique, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|2004|9|29|1970|4|14|df=yes}}

| death_place = Egypt

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1 World Championship

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| Dakar Rally | 3 | 1 | 1

| Rally of Tunisia | 2 | - | -

| Rallye du Maroc | 4 | - | -

| Pharaons Rally |1 | - | -

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Richard Sainct (14 April 1970 – 29 September 2004) was a French rally raid motorcycle rider, best known for his three victories on The Paris-Dakar rally in 1999, 2000 and 2003.{{cite web|url=https://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/Sport/29_sainct/|title=Rally Faraoni: muore Sainct Aveva vinto 3 Parigi-Dakar|language=it|publisher=ecodibergamo.it|accessdate=16 January 2018|archive-date=17 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117070247/https://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/Sport/29_sainct/|url-status=dead}}

Biography

His other notable achievements include winning the Tunisia Rally twice in 1998 and 1999; the Moroccan Rally in 1997, 1998, 2001 and 2002; and the Pharaons Rally in 2002. He also won the FIM Rally Raid World Cup in 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/primi_piani/motori/2004/pp_1.0.528358599.shtml|title=Tragedia in Egitto, muore Sainct|language=it|publisher=gazzetta.it|accessdate=16 January 2018}}

Death

He was killed on 29 September 2004 on the fourth stage of the Pharaons Rally in Egypt,{{cite web|url=http://www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it/news/sport/21981/tragedia-al-rally-dei-faraoni-muore-sainct.html|title=Tragedia al Rally dei Faraoni: muore Sainct|language=it|publisher=lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it|accessdate=16 January 2018}} Sainct fell and was assisted by the Italian teammate Fabrizio Meoni, who helped him get up and be honest with his condition. To the Tuscan who helped him, Sainct seemed in a light confusion, but insisted on wanting to leave. He resumed the race, with no apparent problems, and stopped at the assistance expected after 211 km of the race.

After 270 kilometers of stage Sainct was the victim of a second fall and was found on the ground and already devoid of life. The heartbeat seemed absent when the rescue helicopter intervened with a doctor on board. Probably, in the first fall, Sainct reported some internal injury. The KTM decided to withdraw all its bikes from the race, but the race director, the former Belgian driver Jacky Ickx, decided to continue the race.

Rally Dakar

Sainct won 15 stages in his rally raid participations, the complete results are in the Dakar Historic Book.{{cite web|url=http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/dakar/2017/historique/DAKAR_2017_-_Historic_Book_UK.pdf|title=DAKAR 2017 - Historic Book|publisher=lequipe.fr|accessdate=16 January 2018}}

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!style="background:sandybrown"|Year

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1991

| align=left|Kawasaki

| {{tooltip|Ret.|Retired}}

| 0

1995

| align=left|Honda

| {{tooltip|Ret.|Retired}}